title: Organ donation as gift exchange.
abstract: Organ donation, considered by sociologists as a type of gift exchange, involves moral, social, psychological, religious and legal issues. This gift exchange paradigm can be used as a framework to understand donor and recipient issues, cadaveric organ donation and the importance of the role of nurses during organ procurement.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vernale
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Packard
mesh_terms: D026686:Beneficence; D004644:Emotions; D037921:Gift Giving; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D028681:Moral Obligations; D024802:Nurse's Role; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000523:psychology*; D012945:Social Values; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000523:psychology*; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement